1. It is your responsibility to keep a journal. The journal MUST be handwritten and kept current. Typed entries will not be accepted for credit.
2. Label each journal entry with the class number and the prompt.
3. You are expected to write a minimum of two paragraphs of 5-7 sentences.
4. I will collect these for a participation grade at RANDOM times. You will not be allowed to go to your locker or turn these in for a late grade. You must bring your journal to EVERY class.
Journal #1
Describe your favorite Edgar Allen Poe story. Explain why.
Journal #2
Please click on Unit 1 from the home page. There are directions for making a literary terms log. Please place this log onto your personal wiki page and follow the directions for the first term which is "archetype."
Term
Definition
Examples(three)
Archetype
An original that has been imitated
Bible
Michael Jordan (Air Jordan)
Dracula
William Shakespeare's literature
Objective: Each day, students will practice for the SAT by identifying sentence errors, completing sentences, practicing reading comprehension, and improving sentences and paragraphs.
Directions: Copy and paste the practice question(s) for the day onto your own wiki page. Highlight the answers in red. Periodically, I will check to make sure you are completing the task by randomly grading the answers.
Practice #1:
Highlight the error. If there is no error, mark E.
1. Despite the home team's best effort, the visitor'splayed hard and won by forty points.
2. The new carpenters on the TV design show, who are very knowledgeable in their fields, use many different power tools.
Practice #2:
Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers.
1. The singer's lyrics, which prompted much analysis, turned out to be nothing more than randomly assembled phrases from commercials the singer likes.
a. sinister b. reasonable c. cryptic d. divergent e. divulging
Real Answer: Cryptic - mysterious, obscure
Complete: The singer's lyrics, which prompted much analysis, turned out to be divergent
2. The needle of the pressure gauge indicated that an explosion was .
a. formidable b. ostensible c. imminent d. irreconcilable e. diametrical
Complete: The needle of the pressure guage indicated that an explosion was formidable.
Journal Prompts
1. It is your responsibility to keep a journal. The journal MUST be handwritten and kept current. Typed entries will not be accepted for credit.2. Label each journal entry with the class number and the prompt.
3. You are expected to write a minimum of two paragraphs of 5-7 sentences.
4. I will collect these for a participation grade at RANDOM times. You will not be allowed to go to your locker or turn these in for a late grade. You must bring your journal to EVERY class.
Journal #1
Describe your favorite Edgar Allen Poe story. Explain why.
Journal #2
Please click on Unit 1 from the home page. There are directions for making a literary terms log. Please place this log onto your personal wiki page and follow the directions for the first term which is "archetype."
Objective: Each day, students will practice for the SAT by identifying sentence errors, completing sentences, practicing reading comprehension, and improving sentences and paragraphs.
Directions: Copy and paste the practice question(s) for the day onto your own wiki page. Highlight the answers in red. Periodically, I will check to make sure you are completing the task by randomly grading the answers.
Practice #1:
Highlight the error. If there is no error, mark E.1. Despite the home team's best effort, the visitor's played hard and won by forty points.
2. The new carpenters on the TV design show, who are very knowledgeable in their fields, use many different power tools.
Practice #2:
Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers.1. The singer's lyrics, which prompted much analysis, turned out to be nothing more than randomly assembled phrases from commercials the singer likes.
a. sinister b. reasonable c. cryptic d. divergent e. divulging
Real Answer: Cryptic - mysterious, obscure
Complete: The singer's lyrics, which prompted much analysis, turned out to be divergent
2. The needle of the pressure gauge indicated that an explosion was .
a. formidable b. ostensible c. imminent d. irreconcilable e. diametrical
Complete: The needle of the pressure guage indicated that an explosion was formidable.
Real Answer: Imminent - about to happen